Betsy Andreu, wife of cyclist Frankie Andreu, says she attempted to see Lance Armstrong in April but Armstrong called off the meeting. / Jessica J. Trevino, USA TODAY Sports

by Erik Brady, USA TODAY Sports

by Erik Brady, USA TODAY Sports

Betsy Andreu, wife of Frankie, Lance Armstrong's former cycling teammate, feels vindicated by word that Armstrong will admit to using banned performance enhancers in his interview with Oprah Winfrey.

"The fact that he has admitted to performance-enhancing drugs in the mid-90s, it affirms what I have been saying all along," Betsy Andreu said in a live interview on SportsCenter Tuesday afternoon.

She testified in a lawsuit that she and her husband heard Armstrong tell a doctor in the mid-1990s that he had used an array of performance enhancers. Armstrong has been publicly critical of her since, calling her jealous and bitter. She said Tuesday that Armstrong tried to ward off that testimony.

"Lance warned Frankie that the doctor was going to say it never happened," she said. "And he sent Frankie texts saying, 'Look, I work with you on a daily basis. Your success depends on me, and I suggest you remind your wife of that.' For the past eight years, we have been a public target of Lance."

Winfrey told CBS This Morning earlier Tuesday that she was surprised in the manner Armstrong comes clean in the interview, which is scheduled to air in two parts Thursday and Friday at 9 p.m. ET on Winfrey's network.